Window shade and curtain support.



J. R. HARBAUGH.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION IILBD MAR. 20, 1911.

1,Q04,-568. Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANDOHAPH CO-IWASHMCI'I'ON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HARBANGH, OF CICERO, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO H. JOSEPH CAPPEL, OF CICERO, INDIANA.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. HARBAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cicero, in the county of Hamilton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window Shade and Curtain Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bracket supports for window shades and curtain poles, and the object is to mount the brackets for both purposes on an ornamental block for each side of the window of such size and shape as to form an ornament and hide all defacements caused by previous nail or screw holes.

The object, also, is to provide means for adjusting the distance between the brackets for holding window shades to suit any width of shade, and to provide secure means for holding any given adjustment.

A further object is to provide a simple durable and inexpensive device for the above purposes capable of use by persons without mechanical training.

The above objects are accomplished by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one corner of a window with this invention attached in operative position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the invention removed from the frame and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

4: is a window casing and 5 a block removably secured by means of screws 6 to said casing. The block is preferably of sufficient size to cover all old nail and screw holes left in the casing from the previous attachment thereto, in the old way, of individual shade and curtain brackets and it is ornamentally shaped, as shown, to secure an attractive finish to the window frame.

Two brackets are required, one for each A side of the window, but as they are both metal plate 8. This plate has one end 9 bent to form a finger-hold by which the plate is adjusted longitudinally by sliding it in kerfs 7 of the block.

Secured to the plate, and preferably formed out of the material of the plate by cutting out and bending back a suitably shaped tongue, is a shade-roller bracket 11 which is shaped in the usual way to receive roller trunnions.

A wooden plate with beveled edges slidingly mounted in a dove tailed groove in the block might be used instead of a metal one to support the roller bracket without departing from the spirit of this invention.

12 is a curtain-pole bracket formed'out of metal having a leg 13 with a perforated foot to receive a screw by which the bracket is attached to the block 5. It also has a lower oblique leg 14 with a foot 15 having a lug 16 to enter one of a series of indents 17 in the plate 8. The weight of the pole and curtain on the outer end of the bracket 12 presses the foot 15 against the plate 8 and holds the lug 16 in the indent 17 thereby locking the plate against longitudinal movement. By lifting up on the outer end of bracket 12 the lug will be lifted out of the indent in the plate allowing the plate to be moved to adjust the distance apart of the shade roller brackets.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new and is now sought to be secured by Letters Patent of the United 7 States, is a 1. A block adapted to be secured to a window casing or the like having a horizontal slideway, a member slidingly mounted therein, a shade-roller bracket carried by said sliding member, a curtain pole bracket secured to the block and means carried by said last bracket for locking said sliding member.

2. A block of ornamental design adapted to be secured to a window casing or the like and cover an appreciable portion thereof to hide blemishes in the casing, said block having a horizontal slideway with oppositely oblique sides, a correspondingly shaped member mounted in a slidingly adjustable manner thereon, a shade-roller bracket carried by said slidingly adjustable member, a curtain pole bracket having a pair of legs the upper one of which is secured to the block and the lower one of Which is in engagement With the sliding member.

3. A block adapted to be secured to a Window casing or the like said block having horizontal oppositely oblique grooves, a metal plate having correspondingly oblique edges entering said grooves, said plate having a series of indents, a shade roller bracket carried by said plate, a curtain-pole bracket having a pair of legs the upper of Which is secured to said block and the lower of Which Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

terminates With a foot Which bears against the sliding plate, said foot having a lug to enter a detent in said plate. I

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Cicero, Indiana, this 18th day of March A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

JOHN R. HARBAUGH. [1 s.]

WVitnesses J. R. SMooK, H. M. JELURDE.

Washington, D. C. 

